Passage

The promise of eternal life

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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²⁵This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

1 John 2:25World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The letter names eternal life as the promise “he promised us.”

To understand

The readers are told to let what they heard from the beginning remain in them, and are told that if it remains, they will also remain in the Son and the Father. The writer explains that he is addressing those who would lead them astray.

A question

What are the readers instructed to let remain in them?